JUICE slingerde zich zonder probleem voorbij de Maan en de Aarde richting Venus, met uiteindelijk de bedoeling bij Jupiter te arriveren. Volgende week vertrekt een bemanning van vier aan boord van Polaris Dawn de ruimte in. Niet met de bedoeling om het ISS te bezoeken maar o.a. om de eerste private ruimtewandeling uit te voeren. En Starliner? Die komt onbemand terug. Butch en Suni krijgen een zitje naar huis op de nog te lanceren Crew 9. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Zo zag JUICE onze planeet bij de passage op 21 augustus. Foto: ESA/Juice/JMC

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

België en JUICE.
JUICE passeerde zopas zowel de Maan als de Aarde.
Over de inbreng van Antwerp Space in deze Europese Juipitersonde vind je hier.
Ook Lambda-X High-Tech werkte mee aan Juice aldus dit Linkedin-bericht.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

20.08.2024 – Eerste trap Duitse RFA ONE ontploft bij test op SaxaVord Spaceport in Schotland.
Eerst een korte mededeling van de Rocket Factory via Twitter.
Waarna via hetzelfde kanaal een update vanwege RFA volgde met o.a. de beelden van de explosie.
European Spaceflight: RFA Hot Fire Anomaly Results in Loss of RFA ONE First Stage.
Space News: RFA first stage destroyed in static-fire test.
BBC: Rocket engine explodes during test at Shetland spaceport.
Ars Technica: A frontrunner in Europe’s private launch industry just lost its first rocket.

European Spaceflight: RFA Identifies Turbopump as the Cause for RFA ONE Test Failure.
Space News: RFA pushes maiden flight to 2025 after launchpad explosion.

Filmpjes:
BBC News: Rocket engine explodes during test at Scotland spaceport.

20.08.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 10-5 (CCSFS).
UPI: SpaceX sends 22 Starlink satellites into orbit using new first stage booster.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, lands brand-new rocket.

De lancering was ook belangrijk voor Crew 9.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches new Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink mission following ‘water intrusion’ issue.

Filmpje:
SpaceX: Lancering Live.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 187 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 20 August 2024.

22.08.2024 – Lange Mars 7A lanceert communicatiesatelliet ChinSat-4A.
ECNS: China launches new communications satellite.
ECNS: China launches 4A satellite.

Space News: China launches ChinaSat-4A communications satellite.

Filmpjes:
CGTN: China launches new communications satellite.
SciNews: Long March-7A launches ZhongXing-4A (ChinaSat-4A).

Te verwachten lanceringen.

27.08.2024 – Polaris Dawn een dag uitgesteld.
Polaris Dawn: Polaris Dawn, a Groundbreaking Commercial Spaceflight Mission, to Launch on August 26, 2024.

Spaceflight Now: SpaceX completes static fire of Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Starlink and Crew 9 missions.
Spaceflight Now: Polaris Dawn astronauts, set to perform first commercial spacewalk, arrive in Florida ahead of launch.
SpaceCom: Billionaire's Polaris Dawn crew arrives at SpaceX launch site for 1st-ever private spacewalk flight.
The Register: SpaceX set to surpass Gemini 11's altitude record with Polaris Dawn mission.
SpaceCom: Polaris Dawn mission: Meet the crew taking 1st commercial spacewalk.
SpaceCom: How SpaceX modified a Dragon crew capsule for Polaris Dawn's historic private spacewalk.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission will set altitude record for female astronauts.

SpaceCom: SpaceX delays launch of Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission to Aug. 27.

Filmpje:
Polaris: Polaris Dawn Mission Overview Briefing (via Twitter).
Spaceflight Now: Polaris Dawn crew, SpaceX discuss upcoming Dragon mission - full news conference (via youtube).
Spaceflight Now: Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt historic first commercial spacewalk, Starlink demonstration.
The Launch Pad: SpaceX Polaris Dawn Spacewalk Animation.
Scott Manley: SpaceX Astronauts Will Fly Higher Than Any Human Has This Century

29.08.2024 – New Shepard – NS 26.
Space News: Blue Origin sets date for next New Shepard flight after completing parachute investigation.

13.10.2024 – New Glenn en ESCAPADE.
Uitgesteld van 29.09 naar 13.10.204
Space News: Rocket Lab-built Mars smallsats arrive at launch site.
Ars Technica: Rocket Lab entered “hero mode” to finish Mars probes—now it’s up to Blue Origin.

Filmpje:
NASA: ESCAPADE Mission Trailer.

Raketnieuws.

Problemen bij Blue Origin en New Glenn.
Reddit (artikel Bloomberg): Bezos’ Blue Origin Suffers Fiery Setback Building New Rocket- Bloomberg.

Filmpje:
NSF: New Glenn Incidents...

Nog eens de mogelijke verkoop van ULA aan Sierra Space.
GovConWire: Report: Boeing, Lockheed in Discussions With Sierra Space Over Potential ULA Sale.

Firefly Aerospace heeft testtank klaar voor eerste trap MLV.
Firefly Aerospace (filmpje): GO For Test - MLV Stage 1 Development Tank Complete.

Chinese Kinetica-2 in 2025.
ECNS: CAS' new liquid rocket Kinetica-2 aims maiden flight by 2025.

NASA kiest 3 extra firma’s als Venture-Class Launch Service Providers (VCLS).
NASA: NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers.

Spaceport in Noorwegen krijgt licentie.
Space News: Norwegian spaceport receives government license.
European Spaceflight: Norway’s Andøya Spaceport Receives Launch Site Operator License.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Starliner – Nieuws.
NASA: FAQ: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Return Status.

Ars Technica: Russian pensioners urge Vladimir Putin to rescue Starliner astronauts.

NASA: Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test.
NASA: NASA, Boeing Chart Course for Starliner Return Review.
NASA: NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew 

Space News: Starliner to return from ISS without astronauts on board
Space Policy Online: NASA: Starliner will return empty, still confident in Boeing.
Spaceflight Now: NASA rules out bringing astronauts home on Boeing’s Starliner
NSF: Boeing Starliner returning without crew – Butch and Suni to fly SpaceX
Collect Space: Boeing Starliner to land uncrewed, astronauts to return with SpaceX
NASA Watch: 3 Strikes For Starliner. Is It Out?
Space Daily: Boeing's rescue by rival SpaceX 'embarrassing' and ill-timed

Spacepage: NASA besluit Starliner ruimtevaartuig zonder bemanning terug te brengen naar aarde
De Standaard: Astronauten die al maanden gestrand zijn in ruimtestation kunnen pas in februari terugkeren

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Status News Conference
SciNews: CFT Starliner status update
NSF: NASA Decides Boeing's Starliner Is Too Risky For Return | SpaceX Crew Dragon Takes Over

Gaganyaan – India’s bemande ruimtecapsule.
ISRO (filmpje): Timeline for the Gaganyaan mission.
The New Indian Express: ISRO aims to hold Gaganyaan 1st test flight in December.
Universe Mag: Problems with the Starliner cause concerns about the Gaganyaan flight.

India stelt plannen voor ruimtestation (en maanlanding) met vijf jaar uit.
The Register: India delays planned space station and moon base by five years.

ISS – De blogentries. Station Science Top News.
NASA ISS Blog: This Week’s Science Informing Lunar, Planetary Crewed Missions.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Studies Space Botany, Lunar Cement to Inform Future Missions.
NASA ISS Blog: Wednesday’s Research Promoting Self-Sufficient Crews Farther Away from Earth.
NASA ISS Blog: Light Duty Day Still Sees Space Science and Orbital Reboost.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA, Boeing Chart Course for Starliner Return Review.
NASA ISS Blog: Science Hardware Work Completes Week; NASA Managers Discuss Crew Flight Test.

NASA: Station Science Top News: Station Science Top News: August 16, 2024.
NASA: NASA Astronauts Wilmore, Williams’ Space Station Science Highlights – Starliner.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: Roscosmos announces crews for space flights to orbital outpost in next two years.

SpaceCom: Mental health in space: ISS experiments help keep astronauts happy off Earth.

SpaceCom: Para-astronaut John McFall hopes to see an ISS astronaut with a disability fly by 2030 (exclusive, video).

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: The Scientist: Aug. 23, 2024.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.

Filmpjes:
CGTN: China Space Station delivers new alloy materials.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Crew Carries out Various Experiments, Maintenance Work at Space Station

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 1 en diens hitteschild.
Ars Technica: NASA wants clarity on Orion heat shield issue before stacking Artemis II rocket.

Artemis 2 – De eerste bemande vlucht naar de Maan na Apollo.
NASA: NASA Moves Artemis II Rocket Adapter, Prepares for Shipment.

Filmpjes:
NASA: SLS Rocket’s Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter for NASA Artemis II.
NASA: Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy Space Center.
CSA: Lunar geology in Iceland for Artemis II #shorts.

Artemis 3 – Opnieuw mensen op de Maan.
ESA: Europe delivers for Artemis III.
ESA: Ready for Moon delivery.
Airbus: Orion’s European Service Module 3, the backbone of return to the Moon.
Airbus: Airbus ships the third European Service Module to Cape Canaveral on behalf of ESA.
European Spaceflight: Europe Delivers Orion Service Module for Artemis III Mission.

Space News: Axiom Space and Nokia partner to develop high-speed wireless communications for spacesuits.

Filmpjes:
ESA Extras: Timelapse of the third European Service Module departure from Bremen.

Artemis 4 - Gateway.
NASA: Gateway: Energizing Exploration.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Space News: SLS contract extension hints at additional Artemis delays.

NASA: NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale.
Payload: Interstellar Lab Wins Deep Space Food Challenge.
NASA (filmpje): Recap: NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge Concludes with Celebration in Ohio.

Space News: RS-25 Engine Evolves for the Evolvable SLS Rocket.

SpaceCom: With space agencies racing to the moon, scientists are making a lunar 'time zone'.

NASA: NextSTEP R: Lunar Logistics and Mobility Studies.

The Space Review: The new Moon race: Assessing Chinese and US strategies.

Starship – Op weg naar IFT 5.
Teslarati: SpaceX tiptoes toward Starship’s fifth test flight.

Filmpjes:
NSF: Unusual Starship V2 Hardware Spotted | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: So Is SpaceX Going For It? The Catch. | Starbase Update.
WAI Plus: SpaceX' Ship 30 is getting ready for Flight 5!
NSF: Starbase Tower 2 final module, test tanks, and more | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: SpaceX Stacks the Final Tower Module for the Second Starbase Launch Tower.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

JUICE – Slingshot voorbij Maan en Aarde
ESA: JUICE admires Moon during Lunar Flyby.
ESA: JUICE’s view of the Pale Blue Dot.
ESA: Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby.
ESA: Juice’s navigation camera gets first taste of space.
ESA: First views from Juice’s science camera.

De foto’s:
ESA: Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth.
ESA: Juice images Earth during lunar-Earth flyby.
ESA: Juice NavCam view of Earth.
ESA: Juice JANUS view of the Moon.

SpaceCom: Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe zooms by the moon in historic flyby.
SpaceCom: Telescopes capture Jupiter-bound JUICE probe during historic Earth-moon flyby.
SpaceCom: Jupiter-bound JUICE probe slingshots by Earth on way to Venus.
European Spaceflight: ESA’s Icy Moons Explorer Racks Up Two World Firsts.

Filmpjes:
ESA: Why Juice is coming back to Earth.
ESA: Juice: Live from the Moon + Q&A with the team.
ESA: Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby – #shorts.

China haalt water uit maangrond – Chang’e 5.
ECNS: One ton of lunar soil could produce 50 kilograms of water: Chinese scientists.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+: Chinese Scientists Uncover Groundbreaking Method to Extract Abundant Water from Lunar Soil.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 returned a hydrated mineral.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 samples inspire in situ water production on the Moon.

CLPS – Lunar Outpost en Intuive Machines.
Payload: Lunar Outpost’s Well-Oiled Mission to the Moon.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Ruimteweer:
Space News: New startup seeks to tackle space weather challenges.

Aarde:
ESA: EarthCARE profiles atmospheric particles in detail.

Maan:
Space News: Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback – DRO-A & DRO-B.
Mashable India: ISRO's Pragyan Rover Reveals Evidence Of Ancient Magma Ocean On The Moon.
BBC: Ancient ocean of magma found on Moon south pole.
Indian Express: ISRO: Chandrayaan-4 design final, samples from Moon by 2027.
The Times of India: What role will Chandrayaan-4 and Chandrayaan-5 play in India’s Space exploration?
Ars Technica: Meteorites give the Moon its extremely thin atmosphere.

Mars:
NASA: How NASA's Curiosity rover changed Mars landings forever.
NASA: Perseverance Mars rover begins 820-foot climb up 'Witch Hazel Hill'.
SpaceCom: Perseverance rover's Mars samples must be brought back to Earth, scientists stress.
The Space Review: An alternative Mars Sample Return program.

Jupiter:
NASA: Danish Instrument Helps NASA’s Juno Spacecraft See Radiation.
Universe Today: A Europan Lander Could Return an Ice Core For A Fraction of the Cost of Europa Clipper.
New Scientist (filmpje): Sam Howell: ‘One day we might look for life directly on Europa’.
Universe Today: Comparing Two Proposed NASA Missions to Jupiter’s Moon Io.

Saturnus:
SpaceCom: Take a mind-bending trip to Titan in exclusive 'Slingshot' featurette.

Bennu:
NASA: Revisiting OSIRIS-Rex.
NASA: NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA.

Didymos en Dimorphos:
PhysOrg: NASA's DART impact permanently changed the shape and orbit of asteroid moon, new study shows.
Gizmodo: NASA Smashed Into an Asteroid in 2022. The Debris Could End Up Reaching Earth.

Asteroid-Mining:
SpaceCom: Space mining startup AstroForge aims to launch historic asteroid-landing mission in 2025.
Ars Technica: Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway.

En nog een overzicht van de gebeurtenissen in augustus.
Maan en Planeten Podcast: Recente ontwikkelingen in het zonnestelsel – Augustus 2024.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Reentry voor Europese Cluster-satellieten – na 24 jaar.
ESA: Cluster mission set to end with reentry over South Pacific.
Te volgen via de Cluster Reentry (SALSA) – homepage.

Hubble Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: Hubble Studies a Potential Galactic Merger.
NASA: Hubble Images a Classic Spiral.
NASA: Hubble Spies a Diminutive Galaxy.
ESA: A supernova spotlight.
NASA: Hubble Rings in a New Galactic View.
NASA: Rings and Things.
NASA: Hubble Spots Billowing Bubbles of Stellar Floss.
NASA: Hubble Examines a Possible Relic.
NASA: Hubble Peers Into the Center of a Star-forming Powerhouse.
NASA: Hubble Finds Structure in an Unstructured Galaxy.
NASA: Hubble Reaches a Lonely Light in the Dark.

Filmpjes:
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: NGC 3810.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: NGC 5238.

James Webb Space Telescope – Nieuws.
SpaceCom: Is the James Webb Space Telescope really 'breaking' cosmology?
SpaceCom: Can the James Webb Space Telescope see galaxies over the universe's horizon?
ESA: Webb images new, cold exoplanet 12 light-years away.
Ars Technica: Webb directly images giant exoplanet that isn’t where it should be.
Universe Today: Why is JWST Having So Much Trouble with the TRAPPIST-1 System?
SpaceCom: A moon of Uranus could have a hidden ocean, James Webb Space Telescope finds.
SpaceCom: James Webb Space Telescope finds a shock near supermassive black hole (image).
ESA: The hidden intricacies of Messier 106.
CosmosMag: JWST spots hydration on metal asteroid Psyche.
SpaceCom: James Webb Space Telescope adds to the confusing drama of Hubble tension.
Universe Today: Webb Relieves the Hubble Tension.

Filmpjes:
HubbleWebbESA: Zoom into interacting galaxies Arp 142.
HubbleWebbESA: Transition video of interacting galaxies Arp 142 (NIRCam image + MIRI and NIRCam image)).
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of Interacting galaxies Arp 142 (NIRCam and MIRI image).
STScI: ZS7 — Most distant black hole merger to date — James Webb Space Telescope.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan video of Messier 106.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: LEDA 857074.
STScI: Zoom to the Spiral Galaxy - James Webb Space Telescope #shorts.

Euclid – Nieuws.
ESA: Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies.

Chandra X-Ray Telescope – Nieuws.
SpaceCom: Road trip! Tour the universe with these gorgeous images from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope.
Chandra: 25 Images to Celebrate NASA's Chandra 25th Anniversary.
NASA: 25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity.
Space News: Review concludes proposed NASA budget cuts would end Chandra.
Ars Technica: “Not a bluff”—NASA’s budget would shut down long-lived Chandra telescope.
NASA: Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets.

Roman Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic Dawn.
NASA: NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Visor’ (met filmpje).
NASA: Primary Instrument for Roman Space Telescope Arrives at NASA Goddard.
NASA: NASA Selects 5 New Roman Technology Fellows in Astrophysics.

OIG: Audit of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Project.

Filmpjes:
STScI: NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes - Roman Space Telescope #shorts.
NASA: NASA's Roman Space Telescope Hardware Highlights: Spring 2024.

Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope– Nieuws.
NASA: NASA’s Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet Seen.

XMM-Newton – Nieuws.
ESA: XMM-Newton shows million-degree gas in Abell 2390.

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